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Black Therapist Support Group
Second Monday of Every Month
Next Meeting: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
Online Via Zoom
A safe place for healing, connection, support and building community. In this group, licensed clinicians, associates and students can come together and process experiences of racism (systemic, social, and internalized), discrimination, implicit bias, and micro-aggressions, along with additional experiences that therapists of African descent encounter in the field of mental health. As the late great Maya Angelou once said, “As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal someone else.” May this space, be the support needed to facilitate that journey.
Open to LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members
First Saturday of this Month Location: Zoom Meeting
For more information contact the Diversity Committee, diversitycommittee@lacamft.org.
For: Licensed Therapists, Associates, and Students
Event Details: Monday, May 13, 2024, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 5:50 am
Where: Online Via Zoom Upon registration for the presentation, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to our Zoom meeting.
Cost: No Charge
Online Registration CLOSES on the date of the event. (Registration is open and available until the group ends.)
Questions about Registration? Contact Stara Shakti, LMFT at DiversityCommittee@lacamft.org.
Spring Fling 2024
Saturday, May 18, 2024
12:00 pm-4:00 pm
Cheviot Hills Recreation Center
LA-CAMFT's Spring Fling 2024
Come join us at LA-CAMFT's 2024 Spring Fling for a fun- and food-filled great time to welcome the summer, make new friends, and get to know your fellow Los Angeles Therapists.
For more information, contact Suzy Herbert, LMFT.
For: LA-CAMFT Members, Prelicensed Associates and Students, Trainees, Associates, Interns and Non-Members.
Event Details: Saturday, May 18, 2024, 12:00-4:00 pm
Where:
Cheviot Hills Recreation Center, Picnic Area #1 2551 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Cost: Members: $10 Prelicensed Members: $5 Non-Members: $15
(To be sure you receive any information we send prior to the event, please add specialeventschair@lacamft.org to your known contacts or safe list and check your bulk, junk or promotions mailboxes for any emails from us about this event.)
Registration closes on May 17, 2024, at 12:00 Noon
White Therapists Fighting Racism LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee Affinity Group Third Sunday of Every Month
Next Meeting: Sunday, May 19, 2024 3:00 pm-5:00 pm (PT)
White Therapists Fighting Racism
The goal of White Therapists Fighting Racism (WTFR) is for white-identified therapists to become effective allies in support of decolonization and racial justice in our clinical practice, therapy association, and community. Recognizing that racism is maintained when whiteness is invisible to white people, White Therapists Fighting Racism provides a forum for white-identified therapists to explore what it means to be white. While this process includes learning about structural racism and deconstructing the false narrative about race, a primary focus in the group is on doing inner work. To learn more, click on the Diversity Committee page.
Event Details: Sunday, May 19, 2024, 3:00 pm-5:00 pm (PT)
To join this group, go to https://lacamft.formstack.com/forms/wtfr_member_questionnaire.
For more information contact Randi Gottlieb at rgottliebmft@gmail.com.
Saturday, June 1, 2024 9:00 am- 10:00 am
Meets First Saturday of Every Month
FREE Registration
Via Zoom
3000 Club Monthly Support Group
Join the 3000 Club for a one-hour support group. Meet and get to know other pre-licensed members, ask questions about BBS updates, participate in a supportive group of other LA-based pre-licensed MFTs.
For more information, contact Javan Taherkhani.
For: Prelicensed Associates and Students, Trainees, Associates, Newly Licensed Therapists, LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members.
Event Details: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 9:00-10:00 am
Where: Online Via Zoom
Your registration confirmation email will include the Zoom link and instructions for accessing the event.
(To be sure you receive any information we send prior to the event, please add prelicensed@lacamft.org to your known contacts or safe list and check your bulk, junk or promotions mailboxes for any emails from us about this event.)
Registration is open and available until the presentation begins.
Friday, June 21, 2024 9:00 am-11:00 am
11:00-11:30 am (optional) —Participant Announcements
2 CE Credits
Basics of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)
Angela Caldwell, LMFT & Jessica Tang, LMFT
Therapists are reporting an alarming rise in cases of self-injury. Unfortunately, there is an abundance of confusing and misleading information that only makes it more difficult for clinicians to understand how to distinguish Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) from other clinical presentations. Therapists can better serve their clients if they can identify the typical clinical presentation of NSSI, understand the difference between borderline and non-borderline NSSI, and are up to date on what recent literature is saying about prevalence, correlations, and trends in NSSI. This presentation provides a sophisticated, clinical lens through which to understand the nature and etiology of this behavior, while offering recommendations on how to avoid common treatment failures and work effectively and confidently with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury when it shows up in the room.
Educational Goal:
Angela Caldwell, M.A., LMFT, is the founder and executive director of Self-Injury Institute (SII) and has been working with self-injurers and their families for over two decades. She is also the founder and director of Caldwell Family Institute where she specializes in family-based coaching. She can also be found teaching as an adjunct professor at California State, Northridge, or speaking all over the country on a broad range of topics, including building a family identity, parenting in the digital age, and understanding non-suicidal self-injury.
Jessica Tang, M.S., LMFT, is the Clinical Director of Self-Injury Institute and has been working with self-injurers and their families for a decade. In addition to the work she does at Self-Injury Institute, she brings her background in early childhood education and a multicultural lens to her own private practice in Los Angeles and as an adjunct professor and Course Lead at Pepperdine University’s School of Education and Psychology.
For more information, contact Jenni J.V. Wilson.
For: Licensed Therapists, Associates, Students, & Related Professionals
Event Details: Friday, June 21, 2024, 9:00-11:00 am 8:30-9:00: Check-In 11:00-11:30 am (optional) Participant Announcements 9:00 Meeting Begins11:00 Presentation and Related Announcements End11:30 (optional) Participant Announcements11:00 Meeting Ends
(To be sure you receive any information we send prior to the event, please add networkingchair@lacamft.org to your known contacts or safe list and check your bulk, junk or promotions mailboxes for any emails from us about this event.)
Cost: $25 for LA-CAMFT MembersOther CAMFT Chapter Members CSCSW Members $15 for Prelicensed Members of Other CAMFT Chapters $15 for Prelicensed Members $35 for Non-Members $20 for Prelicensed Non-Members 2 CE Credits Provided For anyone interested in expanding your professional networking opportunities, please join us from 11:00 to 11:30 and sign up to make an announcement when you register.
Registration closes Thursday, June 20 at 10:00pm.
Register Online today for a Quick & Easy Check-In.
CAMFT Approved Continuing Education Provider 59450. This course meets the qualifications for 2 continuing education credits for MFTs, LPCCs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Association of Marriage Family Therapists. Participants will receive an evaluation form as part of the sign in/out form and must complete form at the conclusion of course in order to receive CE credit.
Refund policy: 48-hour notice required for refund of fee minus $5.00 administrative cost. Exceptions can be made for 48-hour notice in cases of emergency. Contact Jenni J.V. Wilson, LMFT, Course Organizer, at NetworkingChair@LACAMFT.org.
Accommodations for Special Needs: Contact Jenni J.V. Wilson, LMFT, Course Organizer, at NetworkingChair@LACAMFT.org.
Grievances: Program Administrator, Di Wilson, LMFT, manages all grievances—and will acknowledge, investigate and remedy grievances. Response to grievances will be made in writing within 30 days. Contact her at cfo@lacamft.org.
Therapists of Color Support Group
Now Meets Every Quarter
Next Meeting: Sunday, July 14, 2024 11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT)
A safe place to receive peer support and process experiences of racism (systemic, social, and internalized), discrimination, implicit bias, racist injury, aggression, and micro-aggressions, along with additional experiences that therapists of color encounter in the field of mental health.
Open to LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members Meets every quarter Location: Zoom Meeting
Event Details: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 10:50 am
Online Registration CLOSES on the day of the event.
In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Maya Angelou
Next Meeting: Sunday, October 13, 2024 11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT)
Event Details: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 10:50 am